{"id":3345,"date":"2013-07-03T23:08:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T03:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2013-07-04T00:05:55","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T04:05:55","slug":"jennifer-gabrielli-i-tried-but-not-all-domainers-are-assholes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/jennifer-gabrielli-i-tried-but-not-all-domainers-are-assholes\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Gabrielli, I tried &#8230; But not all domainers are assholes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mashable<\/strong> made <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2013\/07\/03\/maid-of-honor-eminem-wedding-toast\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>this video<\/strong><\/a> famous this morning; featuring <strong>Jennifer Gabrielli<\/strong> as the maid of honor and sister to the bride, rapping her speech in an adaptation of Eminem&#8217;s song, &#8220;<em>Without me.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Within two hours, the YouTube video had 20,000 views that far exceeded the expectations of <a href=\"http:\/\/ekmediaproductions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Benny Ek Media<\/strong><\/a> who shot the wedding video.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing how a young, talented professional was about to have their domain name snatched and squatted upon, I contacted <strong>Benny Ek<\/strong> via email, advising him to spend $10 and get <strong>JenniferGabrielli.com<\/strong> registered.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, by late afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barrygarneruk\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Barry Garner<\/strong><\/a>, a fellow domainer decided to perform the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reposted the video on his venture, Pinned.com &#8211; <em>a Pinterest clone<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barrygarneruk\/status\/352560388094693376\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tweeted<\/strong><\/a> about the reposted video<\/li>\n<li>Registered <a href=\"http:\/\/whois.domaintools.com\/jennifergabrielli.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JenniferGabrielli.com<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Registering the name of a person that just so happens to gain sudden fame from their personal or social activities, is an act of douchebaggery in my book. Had I known that someone would move in so fast to get the domain for their own benefit, I would have called Benny Ek on the phone instead.<\/p>\n<p>Surely, a lesson about getting your name registered before you even venture into the world of professionals, but also an example of why domainers have garnered such a bad reputation about what we do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mashable made this video famous this morning; featuring Jennifer Gabrielli as the maid of honor and sister to the bride, rapping her speech in an adaptation of Eminem&#8217;s song, &#8220;Without me.&#8221; Within two hours, the YouTube video had 20,000 views that far exceeded the expectations of Benny Ek Media who shot the wedding video. 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